Steve Smith is Britain's most successful ever High Jumper winning Olympic Bronze at the Atlanta Games in 1996. In November 2009 he was voted Speaker of the Year by the Academy of Chief Executives.

He is also one of the country's best and most sought after motivational speakers with extensive experience of working with leading corporate organisations and elite level sport, in particular premier league football. To date he has spoken to over 50,000 people with excellent feedback.

Steve Smith is still Britain's most successful ever high jumper, having won a medal in every major championship including the Olympic Games and his British record has now stood untouched for an incredible 16 years.

Steve has a highly engaging style and his presentations are interactive and challenging as he takes the audience on a rollercoaster journey through his Olympic experience. Whilst sport based, his business experience ensures that the real life links into audience roles are never forgotten and delegates have a clear understanding of how the sporting parallels relate to them.

A recent survey of over 50 presentations delivered in 2008 showed that 98% of the delegates attending his sessions agreed to take away something from his presentation to impact on their own performance.

What Clients Say

"The feedback from the team at Boots after Steve spoke at our communications event was over-whelmingly positive. Steve is a very engaging speaker and has a fantastic ability to draw parallels between his experiences as a top class athlete and the challenges of the commercial world. He was able to inspire a diverse (and sometimes cynical!) cross-section of people with everybody coming away from the event feeling energised and motivated. I'm now looking at opportunities to work with Steve again in the future, to build on the fantastic success of this initial presentation." Boots
    
“We would like to pass on our thanks to Steve Smith for delivering a fantastic and inspiring presentation. The feedback we have received has been superb and we feel that your presentation has really motivated our staff, providing them with the tools and techniques to succeed in any chosen goal they have.” Lloyds TSB  
 
“What an excellent performance by Steve Smith who produced a motivational talk to all our match officials of such high quality. Steve captivated the audience and held them spellbound with an open and honest talk about his career. I listened with great excitement to a skilful, motivational talk that sent out the exact message that the Professional Game Match Officials Ltd wanted.” FA Professional Game Match Officials

“I want to thank Steve Smith for joining me and my team of managers. I certainly enjoyed the presentation as, I know, did the team. From the presentations they gave later that day, it has certainly given them all some food for thought.” RBS  

“The event with Steve Smith on Friday was a great success.  I know my people were very inspired and enthused about the talk. Steve was very well prepared in arriving early to set up and meeting with the audience afterwards for coffee.  It was overall a great success.” Barclays